Marketable Job Skills for High School Students: What We Learned from an Evaluation of after School Matters

Autor/inn/en	Alexander, Kendra P.; Hirsch, Barton J.
Titel	Marketable Job Skills for High School Students: What We Learned from an Evaluation of after School Matters
Quelle	In: New Directions for Youth Development, (2012) 134, S.55-63 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-8916
DOI	10.1002/yd.20015
Schlagwörter	Apprenticeships; After School Programs; Employment Interviews; Job Skills; Human Resources; High School Students; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Apprenticeship; Lehre; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Employment interview; Employment interviewing; Einstellungsgespräch; Bewerbungsgespräch; Produktive Fertigkeit; Humankapital; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion
Abstract	This article summarizes findings from an experimental evaluation of After School Matters (ASM), a paid, apprenticeship-based, after-school program in Chicago for high school students. Analysis of quantitative data from a mock job interview revealed that ASM participants did not demonstrate more marketable job skills than youth in the control group. Qualitative data suggested that the nature of interpersonal interactions and the degree of professional orientation in apprenticeships contributed to variation in marketable job skills across apprenticeships. The article considers the perspective of human resource professionals who participated in the evaluation and describes an interviewing skills curriculum developed in response to the evaluation findings. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10